The King George V Dock is one of three docks in the The Royal Docks comprise three docks in east London - the Royal Albert Dock, the Royal Victoria Dock and the King George V Dock. The three docks collectively formed the largest enclosed docks in the world, with a water area of nearly 250 acres (1 km²) and an overall estate of... Royal Docks of east London — containing the City of London — is the capital of the United Kingdom and of England and a major world city. With over seven million inhabitants (Londoners) in Greater London area, it is amongst the most densely populated areas in Western Europe. Founded as Londinium, the capital of... London, now part of the redeveloped Docklands is the semi-official name for an area in the east of London, England, comprising parts of several boroughs ( Southwark, Tower Hamlets and Newham) in Greater London. The eponymous docks were formerly part of the Port of London, at one time the worlds largest port. They have now... Docklands.

The dock closed to commercial traffic along with the other Royal Docks in the Millennia: 1st millennium - 2nd millennium - 3rd millennium Events and trends Technology Bulletin board system popularity Popularization of personal computers, Walkmans, VHS videocassette recorders, and compact disc (CD) players Introduction of the IBM PC Home video games become enormously popular, most notably Atari until the market crashes in 1983; the rise... 1980s.

The major feature of the dock today is London City Airport is a single-runway STOLPORT situated in East London in the London Borough of Newham developed by the private engineering company Mowlem in 1986/87. It has since been extended in three significant stages. The runway was lengthened and the angle of glideslopes was reduced from 7... London City Airport, whose single runway has been constructed the length of the north side of the dock. The western end of the dock has been filled in, and the airport terminal built on the filled area. The rest of the water area of the dock still exists, acting as a buffer zone between the airport runway and the surrounding area. The southern quayside has been cleared of dock buildings and is now largely utilised as car parking for the airport.